Rita Dominic's "76" Movie Smash AMVCA Nomination Record With 14 Nods

Following its huge opening in the box office and after sweeping the top awards at the African film festival, the period drama by Izu Ojukwu, "76" has hit another major landmark.

At the nominee dinner of the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards for 2017, it swept the board with an all time record number of nominations in 14 categories. All this in a year that has seen the bar in African film raised to what is quite clearly, international standards.

The 14 nominations were in the following categories:
1. Best Musical Score
2. Best Cinematographer
3. Best Writer
4. Best lighting direction
5. Best Makeup
6. Best Costume design
7., Best Actor in a lead role
8. Best Actress in a lead role
9. Best Film (West Africa)
10. Best Art Director
11. Best Sound
12. Best Picture Editor
13. Best Director
14. Best Overall Film.